http://matadortravel.com/taxonomy/term/978/0 en http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/singapore/khammons/thaipusam-festival-in-singapore-2007 <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Somehow<br /> this journey has felt different from the beginning. Maybe it's because<br /> of the way it came about. Sitting across from my parents pitching a<br /> weak plan of moving to Tahoe for the winter, only to have my mom tell<br /> me that she thought it was a bad idea. "Do you have money to travel?"<br /> she asked....</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/singapore/khammons/thaipusam-festival-in-singapore-2007">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/singapore/khammons/thaipusam-festival-in-singapore-2007#comment Authentic Cultural Interacting with locals Off the beaten path culture Hindu religion Singapore spirituality Thaipusam Festival Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:36:19 -0500 khammons 44327 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/pakistan/ztp-teo/retrospectus-hindustan <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>It's has been an interesting ten weeks since leaving the States.</p> <p>We are in Pakistan now, Lahore to be exact. And after two months of India, it is a welcome change. India is an extremely despondent nation. The south is mostly Tamil or Keralan and exudes similar tendencies of any southern region....</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/pakistan/ztp-teo/retrospectus-hindustan">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/pakistan/ztp-teo/retrospectus-hindustan#comment Brahman Caste Hindu India Islam Pakistan politics Society Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:10:24 -0500 ZTP Teo 11160 at http://matadortravel.com